Synthetic Wizard-Chapter 169 - 124: The Machine That Converts the Power of Faith
After obtaining the desired information, Sunan mercilessly disposed of the remaining Starfire Sect followers.
He stationed the Hidden Dragon and the Dual-bladed Spider outside to prevent the gray-robed man from making a return attack. Sunan then entered the building.
At the end of the silent corridor, there was only a tightly closed metal door.
As the Starfire Sect follower had mentioned earlier, the door and the walls were cast from refined steel, much harder than Black Stone Iron.
Even a Tier Two Legendary Knight would find it difficult to break through here in a short time.
However, it posed no issue for Sunan.
He walked directly to the metal door, lowered his head to look at the intricate lock, and cast a Lock Picking Spell. Immediately, there was a clicking sound, and the lock was opened.
Though a Tier Zero Magic, the Lock Picking Spell was quite practical.
No matter how intricate a lock was, unless it was a Secret Technique lock or Magic Lock, a Lock Picking Spell could handle it.
The secret chamber designed by the Starfire Sect could only block knights and ordinary people, rendering it useless against Wizard Apprentices with a Lock Picking Spell.
He pushed open the heavy metal door, and the scene behind it quickly unfolded before Sunan’s eyes.
The entire chamber was empty, with no furniture, only cold metal floors, walls, and ceilings.
A solitary figure lay in the middle of the room.
It was a man in his forties, dressed in a luxurious star-patterned robe, lying motionlessly on the ground, with a jewel-encrusted crown and a gold staff placed beside him.
Was this the leader of the Starfire Sect?
Sunan stood at the door and observed for a while, a strange expression gradually appearing on his face.
In his spiritual perception, the soul of the man lying on the ground had completely vanished, with no trace of a soul’s presence. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
Yet, strangely, he hadn’t died; his body still showed signs of life.
It was like a corpse still alive!
This bizarre situation quite perplexed Sunan.
He cast a Weakening Beam at the man, but the spell was neutralized by a peculiar force.
This force felt very familiar to him.
"Divine Grace!"
Sunan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Hesitating for a moment, he remained cautious as he carefully approached the man.
When he reached closer, the man still showed no reaction.
At this point, Sunan directly began to examine him.
Moments later, he finally confirmed that the leader of the Starfire Sect indeed had his soul completely dissipated.
The remaining body was sustained by the Divine Grace within, preventing complete cessation of life and decay.
Sunan was startled to discover that, despite being extremely faint, to the point of being almost imperceptible, the Divine Grace within the man was indeed slowly increasing.
"So that’s it."
With a bit of thought, Sunan quickly understood.
The leader of the Starfire Sect had essentially become a ’machine’ capable of receiving faith power and converting it into Divine Grace.
He had no consciousness, nor could he move, only relying on Divine Grace to sustain his life, lying in the chamber, converting faith power day by day.
That’s why the members of the Starfire Sect rarely saw their leader; their leader was actually already dead, and only a physical shell remained.
The real control of the entire Starfire Sect was in the hands of their Grand Priest Ovijou.
This also explained why Ovijou could control so much Divine Grace.
Apparently, the entire Starfire Sect’s Divine Grace was hoarded by him alone.
But the issue was, humans could not convert faith power into Divine Grace. The leader of the Starfire Sect could do this, which must have other hidden reasons.
Reflecting on what the gray-robed man had mentioned about the Divine Remains, Sunan had a vague suspicion in his mind.
After carefully inspecting the Starfire Sect leader’s body, Sunan quickly discovered an anomaly.
On the leader’s right hand, the ring finger was drastically different from other parts, containing more Divine Grace.
Through spiritual sensing, Sunan quickly confirmed that this ring finger did not belong to the leader himself but was grafted surgically.
The key was that the strength of this finger was extraordinarily high.
Sunan used a blade created from a Demon Pattern Core to cut with full force, yet couldn’t leave even a scratch.
Even with the factor of being protected by Divine Grace, its strength far surpassed that of a Tier One Legendary Knight.
This was definitely not a part of an ordinary human’s body.
It was evident that this ring finger was the so-called Divine Remains.
"To integrate Divine Remains into your body, I can’t tell if I should praise your bravery or your ignorance?"
Sunan couldn’t help but sigh.
Divine Spirits exist on countless levels above humans, their essence of life overwhelming ordinary people.
Even just part of a Divine Spirit’s remains is akin to a terrifying ’source of contamination’ for regular people.
Even an Official Wizard wouldn’t dare integrate Divine Remains into their body; for just a Legendary Knight to attempt such a thing is practically suicidal.
The leader’s soul was likely extinguished by the impact of fusing with the Divine Remains, with consciousness and thoughts completely obliterated, and the body subtly transformed by the remains into a tool for absorbing faith power and converting Divine Grace.
This body is continuously being transformed by Divine Grace, converting into a life form more akin to the Divine Remains.
In due time, should the Starfire Sect expand its scale, causing faith power to surge tens of times, and continue for thousands of years, perhaps this body could fully convert into a Divine Body.
By then, the true Star God would resurrect from the Divine Body!
